List of amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is a List of amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by family . It lists all families and species of amphibians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
The list below follows Frost, 2011: Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 5.5 (31 January 2011), and AmphibiaWeb, by the University of California, Berkeley.
A difference between the two above classifications is that Frost has split the families Dicroglossidae , Phrynobatrachidae , Ptychadenidae , Pyxicephalidae and Rhacophoridae off from the Ranidae (i.e. elevated to distinct families), whereas AmphibiaWeb has not (i.e. keeping them within the Ranidae). In this we follow Frost here.
See Sources below.
Total 259 species of Amphibians, in 2 orders , 15 families, 43 genera , in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a few of which are presumed to occur in DRC but have not yet been found there.
Total 256 species in 14 families, 40 genera, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family Arthroleptidae – Screeching frogs or squeakers, 46 species in 6 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Arthroleptis hematogaster Arthroleptis lameerei Arthroleptis loveridgei Arthroleptis phrynoides Arthroleptis poecilonotus Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Arthroleptis schubotzi Arthroleptis discodactylus Arthroleptis spinalis Arthroleptis stenodactylus Arthroleptis sylvaticus Arthroleptis taeniatus Arthroleptis tuberosus Arthroleptis variabilis Arthroleptis vercammeni Arthroleptis xenochirus Arthroleptis xenodactyloides Astylosternus batesi Cardioglossa cyaneospila Cardioglossa escalerae Cardioglossa gracilis Cardioglossa gratiosa Cardioglossa leucomystax Leptopelis aubryi Leptopelis aubryioides Leptopelis bocagii Leptopelis boulengeri Leptopelis calcaratus Leptopelis christyi Leptopelis cynnamomeus Leptopelis fenestratus Leptopelis fiziensis Leptopelis karissimbensis Leptopelis kivuensis Leptopelis lebeaui Leptopelis millsoni Leptopelis modestus Leptopelis notatus Leptopelis ocellatus Leptopelis oryi Leptopelis parbocagii Leptopelis parvus Leptopelis rufus Leptopelis viridis Scotobleps gabonicus Trichobatrachus robustus
Family Brevicipitidae – sometimes considered a subfamily, Brevicipitinae of the Microhylidae, see below; 2 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family Bufonidae – True toads, 22 species in 5 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amietophrynus buchneri Bufo buchneri , presumably in DRCAmietophrynus camerunensis Bufo camerunensis Amietophrynus channingi Bufo channingi Amietophrynus fuliginatus Bufo fuliginatus Amietophrynus funereus Bufo funereus Amietophrynus gracilipes Bufo gracilipes Amietophrynus gutturalis Bufo gutturalis Amietophrynus kisoloensis Bufo kisoloensis Amietophrynus latifrons Bufo latifrons Amietophrynus lemairii Bufo lemairii Amietophrynus maculatus Bufo maculatus Amietophrynus regularis Bufo regularis Amietophrynus steindachneri Bufo steindachneri , presumably in DRCAmietophrynus superciliaris Bufo superciliaris Amietophrynus tuberosus Bufo tuberosus Laurentophryne parkeri Mertensophryne melanopleura Bufo melanopleura Mertensophryne schmidti Bufo schmidti Mertensophryne taitana Bufo taitanus Nectophryne afra Nectophryne batesii Schismaderma carens
Family: Dicroglossidae , sometimes considered part of the family Ranidae, see below; 1 species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family Hemisotidae – Shovelnose frogs, 5 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family Hyperoliidae – Sedge frogs or bush frogs, 87 species in 11 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Acanthixalus spinosus Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Afrixalus vittiger Afrixalus dorsalis Afrixalus equatorialis Afrixalus fulvovittatus Afrixalus laevis Afrixalus leucostictus Afrixalus orophilus Afrixalus osorioi Afrixalus quadrivittatus Afrixalus upembae Afrixalus weidholzi Afrixalus wittei Alexteroon hypsiphonus Callixalus pictus Chrysobatrachus cupreonitens Cryptothylax greshoffii Cryptothylax minutus Hyperolius acuticeps Hyperolius adspersus Hyperolius atrigularis Hyperolius balfouri Hyperolius benguellensis Hyperolius bocagei Hyperolius bolifambae Hyperolius brachiofasciatus Hyperolius castaneus Hyperolius chrysogaster Hyperolius cinereus Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris Hyperolius constellatus Hyperolius dartevellei Hyperolius diaphanus Hyperolius discodactylus Hyperolius alticola Hyperolius ferrugineus Hyperolius frontalis Hyperolius ghesquieri Hyperolius glandicolor Hyperolius hutsebauti Hyperolius inornatus Hyperolius jacobseni Hyperolius kachalolae Hyperolius kibarae Hyperolius kivuensis Hyperolius raveni Hyperolius kuligae Hyperolius langi Hyperolius lateralis Hyperolius leleupi Hyperolius leucotaenius Hyperolius lucani Hyperolius maestus Hyperolius major Hyperolius marginatus Hyperolius mariae Hyperolius marmoratus Hyperolius nasicus Hyperolius nasutus Hyperolius obscurus Hyperolius ocellatus Hyperolius parallelus Hyperolius pardalis Hyperolius phantasticus Hyperolius platyceps Hyperolius polli Hyperolius polystictus Hyperolius poweri Hyperolius protchei Hyperolius pustulifer Hyperolius quinquevittatus Hyperolius rhizophilus Hyperolius robustus Hyperolius rwandae Hyperolius sankuruensis Hyperolius schoutedeni Hyperolius steindachneri Hyperolius tuberculatus Hyperolius veithi Hyperolius vilhenai Hyperolius viridiflavus Hyperolius viridis Hyperolius xenorhinus Kassina decorata Kassina kuvangensis Kassina maculosa Kassina mertensi Kassina senegalensis Kassinula wittei Opisthothylax immaculatus Phlyctimantis leonardi Phlyctimantis verrucosus
Family Microhylidae – Narrow-mouthed frogs, 3 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family: Petropedetidae , 1 species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Family Phrynobatrachidae – sometimes considered part of the family Ranidae, see below; 25 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Phrynobatrachus acutirostris Phrynobatrachus africanus Phrynobatrachus albomarginatus Phrynobatrachus anotis Phrynobatrachus asper Phrynobatrachus auritus Phrynobatrachus bequaerti Phrynobatrachus calcaratus Phrynobatrachus congicus Phrynobatrachus cryptotis Phrynobatrachus dalcqi Phrynobatrachus dendrobates Phrynobatrachus gastoni Phrynobatrachus giorgii Phrynobatrachus graueri Phrynobatrachus mababiensis Phrynobatrachus natalensis Phrynobatrachus parkeri Phrynobatrachus parvulus Phrynobatrachus perpalmatus Phrynobatrachus petropedetoides Phrynobatrachus rouxi Phrynobatrachus rungwensis Phrynobatrachus scapularis Phrynobatrachus versicolor
Family Pipidae – Tongueless frogs or clawed frogs, 17 species in 3 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hymenochirus boettgeri Hymenochirus boulengeri Hymenochirus curtipes Silurana epitropicalis Xenopus epitropicalis Silurana tropicalis Xenopus tropicalis , possibly not in DRC (in DRC being synonymous with Silurana epitropicalis)Xenopus andrei Xenopus fraseri Xenopus itombwensis Xenopus laevis Xenopus lenduensis Xenopus muelleri Xenopus petersii Xenopus pygmaeus Xenopus ruwenzoriensis Xenopus vestitus Xenopus victorianus Xenopus wittei
Family Ptychadenidae – sometimes considered part of the family Ranidae, see below; 29 species in 2 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hildebrandtia ornata Ptychadena aequiplicata Ptychadena anchietae Ptychadena ansorgii Ptychadena bibroni Ptychadena bunoderma Ptychadena christyi Ptychadena chrysogaster Ptychadena grandisonae Ptychadena guibei Ptychadena hylaea Ptychadena ingeri Ptychadena keilingi Ptychadena mascareniensis Ptychadena nilotica Ptychadena obscura Ptychadena oxyrhynchus Ptychadena perplicata Ptychadena perreti Ptychadena porosissima Ptychadena pumilio Ptychadena schillukorum Ptychadena straeleni Ptychadena subpunctata Ptychadena taenioscelis Ptychadena tellinii Ptychadena trinodis Ptychadena upembae Ptychadena uzungwensis
Family Pyxicephalidae – sometimes considered part of the family Ranidae, see below; 10 species in 5 genera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amietia amieti Amietia angolensis Amietia desaegeri Amietia ruwenzorica Amietia wittei Aubria masako Aubria subsigillata Cacosternum boettgeri Cacosternum leleupi Pyxicephalus adspersus Tomopterna tuberculosa
Family Ranidae – True frogs, 6 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Family Rhacophoridae – Moss frogs, 2 species in 1 genus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
There are no salamanders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, nor in tropical Africa.
Total 3 species in 3 genera in 1 family, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Family Caeciliidae – Common caecilians, 3 species in 3 genera:
See also
Based on the following two sources:
List of amphibians of Africa
Sovereign states States with limited
Dependencies and